Normand Beaudet studied at McGill University in renewable natural resource management and environmental sciences, and co-founded the Nonviolence Resource Center, of which he is still a member of the board of directors.

Normand specializes in safety issues and citizen mobilization strategies. Involved in the fight against fossil fuels, he worked to prevent the reversal of Enbridge's Line 9B with Action environnement Basses-Laurentides, to stop the Énergie-Est and GNL Québec mega-pipeline projects, and contributed to the Déclaration d'urgence climatique campaign. More recently, Normand has been working in favor of a policy to secure the energy supply. He now sits on the board of directors of the Regroupement vigilance énergie Québec.

En matière de conservation environnementale, Normand a contribué à informer et sensibiliser le public à la valeur de la dernière zone forestière de la Plaine du Saint-Laurent entre Montréal et Québec à proximité du fleuve (Forêt de la Seigneurie de Lotbinière) ainsi que la Seigneurie et sa rivière du Chêne, menacée successivement par les gazières et les forestières.